Peiping Cease-Fire Talks Sought by UN Panel
The UN cease-fire committee including L. B. Pearson offered to travel to Peiping or meet Chou En-lai for direct Korean peace talks. Pearson read the cable in the general assembly and said Peiping has not replied. The panel also consulted Wu Hsiu chuan, who had no authority to negotiate.
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Lake Success
United Nations
L. B. Pearson
Canada
Peiping
Chou En-lai
China
General Assembly
Pearson
Chou
Red China
Wu Hsiuchuan
Weekend Car Accidents Cause $1500 in Damages
City police say weekend car accidents caused about 1500 in damages with no injuries due to slick streets. Constable A R Bull notes most incidents could have been avoided with ordinary care.
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A. R. Bull
Canada US agree on steel flow to boost imports
Canada and the United States reached a steel allocation agreement in Washington. Canada will receive a share of U S mill outputs after defence orders, based on Canadian warehouse purchases in 1950. The pact provides 8 000 tons monthly through mid 1951 to aid railway car construction and a 1 800 ton initial shipbuilding allocation.
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Ottawa
United States
Howe
U.S
Washington
Trade Department
Commerce
Sawyer
Canada
CPR Pension Plan Raises Minima and Extends Retirement Window
Montreal CPR announces pension reforms including higher minimum pensions, optional retirement from 60 to 65, and a 1% rise in employee contributions. New minimums rise from 30 to 35, then 40 after 1951, 50 after 1951, and 60 after 1952 with supplements for under 70. Also offers joint and survivor option.
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Montreal
CPR
L. B. Unwin
Red Chinese attack on Hungnam repelled by U S firepower
U S 10th corps units on Hungnam beachhead in northeast Korea with help from the battleship Missouri repelled a major Chinese assault. Gen Edward Almond praised artillery fire as 25 000 attackers pressed the perimeter while 75 000 moved in the hills.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Hungnam
Korea
United States
Missouri
U.S
Edward M. Almond
10Th Corps
Hungnam Port
Hamhung
MacArthur
U.S. 3Rd Division
F-86 Sabre Jets Triumph in Korea Dogfight
Four North American F-86 Sabres clashed with four MiG-15s in northwest Korea in a five minute battle at ADVANCED AIR BASE IN KOREA. Lt Col Bruce Hinton of Stockton California claimed the kill as one MiG crashed in flames and the remaining MiGs retreated toward the Manchurian border. The Sabre jet is touted as fastest in the world, with a speed record of 670.981 mph set at Muroc on Sept 15 1948.
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Korea
Bruce Hinton
Stockton
Calif
Japan
U.S
Muroc Air Base
California
Loggers and Fishermen Add Yuletide Color to Coast
A $1,000,000 herring fleet returns from Vancouver Island and up coast as about 36,000 loggers descend on Vancouver for Christmas break. Seiners haul a record 30,000 ton northern quota and maple leaf packers report a 1,260 ton season high. Captain Mel Stauffer of Alert Bay guides the Maple Leaf C as loggers flood hotels with plaid shirts and boots, heading into a holiday of spilled timber and lonely camps.
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Vancouver
Vancouver Island
British Columbia
Prince Rupert
B.C
Maple Leaf
Mel Stauffer
Alert’ Bay
Urge Resettlement of Radical Douks
Nelson British Columbia CP reports a consultative committee on Doukhobors proposes resettling Canada’s 3000 Sons of Freedom, possibly abroad, to end decades of strife. The panel says it has asked 10 nations about welcome, nine unanswered and one declined, urging relocation at an early date in Canada or another country.
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Nelson
B.C
Canada
Sons of Freedom
Consultative Committee
Doukhobors
Freedomites
Supreme Court Acquits Jehovah's Witness in Libel Case
The Supreme Court of Canada acquits Aime Boucher of Saint Joseph de Beauce of seditious libel over distribution of a Jehovah's Witness pamphlet. In a 5-4 ruling the justices find no sedition and may lead to dropping similar charges against hundreds in Quebec. The decision ends the case with no further appeal.
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Ottawa
Supreme Court of Canada
Quebec
Aime Boucher
St. Joseph de Beauce
Boucher
Christ
Canada
Atrick Kerwin
I. C. Rand
R. L. Kellock
Wilfred Estey
C. H. Locke
Thibaudeau Rinfret
Robert Taschereau
John Cartwright
Gerald Faurcheux
Privy Council
London
Glen How
Toronto
Smolestones Dad Explains Bankruptcy in Humorous Form
A playful exchange features Smilestones asking what bankruptcy means and a humorous dad answer equating it to placing money in a hip pocket while creditors take the coat, illustrating a homegrown teachable moment about debt.
Ringworm Epidemic Nears End in Sault Ste. Marie
In Sault Ste. Marie Ontario 500 school children still suffer ringworm as Dr J Gimby medical officer of health predicts disappearance within months. Caps worn at school and in public helped retard spread after it peaked in October with over 900 affected and 400 pupils staying home. Four clinics were opened then closed. Dr Raymond Smith of Toronto assured parents no lasting health effects.
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Sault ‘Ste. Marie
Raymond Smith
Toronito
Washington Considers Voluntary Price and Wage Freeze
Washington plans a voluntary freeze on prices and wages as a likely next move in countering inflation fueled by defence spending. The measure would freeze levels as of December 1 or a similar date, with compulsory controls possibly following. Charles Wilson to head mobilization as Truman declares national emergency and expands wartime powers. The plan would run until March with enforcement through the Economic Stabilization authority.
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Washington
United States
Alan Valentineshead
United States Economic Stabilization Authority
Valentine
Charles &. Wilson
General Electric Company
Truman
Office of
Defence Mobilization
Economic Stabilization Authority
East German Reds Praise Stalin as Christmas Obsolete
East German Communists press December as German Soviet friendship month with Stalin’s 71st birthday on December 21 at the center. Millions of students write essays, books favor Stalin over religion, and Free German Youth clubs stage public displays while Christmas customs wane and Weihnachtmann dolls shift to youth group figures.
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Berlin
Joseph Stalin
East Germany
Stalin
Communist Party
Jesus
Dresden
Eisenhower Likely Chief for Atlantic Pact Forces
Brussels dispatch says North Atlantic alliance plans a 1 000 000-strong air sea and ground force by 1953 to deter Soviet aggression. United States supreme commander may be named, German participation approved, and 55 to 60 divisions planned for Western Europe with Dwight D Eisenhower likely to command.
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Brussels
Belgium
Reuters
United States
Canada
Europe
Praman
Dwight D. Fisenhower
Britain
Truman
Soanah
Pace
Secault
Alberta Rhodes scholar named Peter Roberts
Edmonton reports Peter M. Roberts 23, of Lethbridge, named Alberta Rhodes scholar. He is completing a master’s in English at the University of Alberta. Also notes: Ireland rail strike paralyzing services. Saskatchewan forestry fire hazard. Stalin re elected. cholera deaths in New Delhi. Winnipeg building permits near 1912 totals. eastern Canada weekend deaths. Calgary Cancer Society to stay in Calgary. U.S. exports ban to Hong Kong affecting economy.
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Edmonton
Peter M. Roberts
Lethbridge
Alberta
Roberts
University of Alberta
Winnipeg
Calgary
Canadian Cancer Society
R. N. Talbot
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Sam Goldie
Frevease
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U.N
Westi
Pakchon
Yongbyong
Anju
Sinanju
38Th Parallel
Supreme Court
Eisenhower
Dublin
Republic of Ireland
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Saskatchewan
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Moscow Regional Soviet
New Delhi
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Halifax
Hong. Kong
Hong Kong
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